We Enable FoodTech Entrepreneurs to Cross the Valley of Death
Transform your breakthrough food innovation into investment-ready opportunity through data-driven narratives that secure strategic capital.
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Innovation isn't enough
You have a great concept. Your product is promising. Your team is passionate. But when it comes to attracting serious investment, brilliant FoodTech entrepreneurs face the same critical challenges.
You need impactful investor narratives, flawless execution on key fundraising deliverables, and expert validation from our network of highly qualified C-Suite advisors.
Start Your JourneyOf FoodTech startups fail due to a lack of strategic insight, not poor technology.
Root Causes of Startup Failure
No Market Need
Product-market fit isn't validated or communicated effectively
Run Out of Cash
Poor runway management and fundraising strategy
Wrong Team & Execution Caps
Leadership gaps limit scaling capability
Flawed Business Model
Unit economics don't support sustainable growth
Poor Go-to-Market Strategy
Customer acquisition and market penetration fails
Real Results from Real Founders
Mermade
FoodTech Cell cultivation
Deliverables
- •Investor-ready pitch deck versioned by industry and for business development partners
- •Expert validation calls confirming solution need in biopharma industry
- •Business development as a service with warm introductions to potential customers
- •Bottom-up market sizing with numbers-backed global capacity analysis
Critical Value Add
Patient partnership through the discovery process, working together to identify real market needs and guiding the learning journey with the founding team.
Outcome
Emerged with an asset-light business model positioned for sustainable growth.
Zymofix
AgTech Biologicals
Deliverables
- •Expert call transcripts capturing VC, CVC, PE and strategic perspectives
- •Comprehensive exit strategy mapping for investors with clear implications
- •Series A fundraising narrative strategy and positioning
- •Business model evaluation focused on exit value maximization
Critical Value Add
Strategic clarity through comprehensive investor perspective analysis, providing clear direction for exit strategy and Series A positioning.
Outcome
Clear partnership strategy and optimized approach for maximum exit value creation.
What We Focus On
Pitch Deck Creation & Investment Narrative
Crystal clear business storytelling that creates lasting impressions
Data Room Design
Organized, professional due diligence materials
Supporting Deliverables
TEAs, financial models, market sizing, and more
Expert Validation
Through our network of senior industry experts
Business Development as a Service
Market access through our network
is how long investors have to read your pitch deck.
Investors ask tough questions.
We make sure you are ready to answer.
Before beginning your fundraising, you need to be crystal clear on your business, which is why we start and end with your pitch deck. It summarizes your business and is the first thing investors will see, creating a lasting impression.
Experienced investors will press where it hurts and ask follow-up questions in an attempt to disqualify your business from their pipeline.
We help you anticipate the toughest questions and answer these together so you can fundraise confidently.
We know you are busy running your business, so let us take care of the grunt work. We execute on key deliverables for you in a fraction of the time it would take you, and with the confidence of top industry expert validation.
Start Your JourneyPartnership Over Transactions
We become part of your team, not just another service provider. Your success is our success, and we're committed for the long term.
Data-Driven Storytelling
Every narrative we craft is backed by rigorous market research, competitive analysis, and financial modeling that investors trust.
Network Access
We open doors that matter, facilitating warm introductions to investors who understand FoodTech and are actively seeking opportunities.
Your Fractional Fundraising Officers
As your fractional fundraising team (FFOs), we provide C-level expertise without C-level cost, guiding you through every step of the capital-raising process.
90-day structured approach
From investment readiness assessment to deal closure, we work alongside your team to ensure every aspect of your fundraising is positioned for success.
Start Your Journey01Discovery & Assessment
Weeks 1-2
Discovery & Assessment
Investment readiness audit, pitch deck and data room review. Challenging founders on key business questions and clarity. Gap analysis and milestone setting based on tailored requirements.
02Bridge the Knowledge Gap
Weeks 3-7
Bridge the Knowledge Gap
Craft compelling investment thesis, build robust financial projections, design conversion-focused pitch materials, and prepare comprehensive due diligence. Include expert network calls and validation.
03Market Preparation
Weeks 8-10
Market Preparation
Strategic investor mapping, introduction facilitation through our network, intensive pitch coaching, and cap table optimization.
04Launch & Support
Weeks 11-12+
Launch & Support
Execute strategic introductions, provide ongoing coaching through negotiations, optimize deal structure, and measure success metrics.
Founding Teams Ready to Scale
We partner with founding teams (CEO / CTO / COO) at the critical Seed-to-Series A stage who are ready to transform breakthrough innovations into scalable businesses.
FoodTech
Alternative proteins, cultivated meat, plant-based innovations, fermentation technology, food safety & supply chain, personalized nutrition, and consumer experience platforms transforming how we produce, distribute, and consume food.
AgriTech
Precision agriculture, vertical farming, sustainable systems, IoT sensors, predictive analytics, automation technologies, and circular economy solutions addressing climate challenges in agricultural production.
Partnership Requirements
Open-minded leadership team
Scalable business model
FoodTech or AgTech focus
Oliver Fuss
Founding partner & Project lead
Role
Driving project results and responsible for final outcomes, preparing all deliverables and effective transfer to client.
Education
- • MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship from RSM at Erasmus University
- • BSc International Business Administration
Experience
- • 5+ years of AgriFoodTech Consulting across corporate, government, NGO and investor clientele
- • Completed 20+ large scale corporate projects with dozens of large data sets, building financial and market forecast models to be distilled down for and presented to C-Suite SteerCo
- • Led multiple innovation scouting & due diligence projects for leading global CPGs and investors (e.g., sovereign wealth funds)
- • Enabled $35M+ in AgriFoodTech investment via investor due diligence
- • Managing Partner of FoodFunder, the leading global foodtech fundraising boutique providing founders with access to strategic capital
- • Angel investor into 4 startups and member of Solvable Syndicate & GOTA Ventures
- • FoodHack Barcelona Ambassador
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